By CrossRiverWatch admin He died on Monday at the age of 86 according to family sources. Born in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, in 1929, Mr. Toyo, a professor of Economics, had his early education in Oron, Lagos and Calabar. He passed the Cambridge School Certificate in 1945 in Grade one and was exempted from London
By Our Correspondent Bakor Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital Consortium, the two concessionaires who took over the management of some general hospital in Cross River State have said that the facilities in the privatized General Hospitals in Bekwarra and Obudu local government areas were abandoned for over ten years before the eventual facelift that
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has made a strong case for a climate equalization fund for Africa if the battle to reduce Green House Gas emissions is to succeed. Ayade, a professor of Environmental Science, made the case at the ongoing Climate Change Summit in Paris, France. The governor, who
By CrossRiverWatch admin The member representing Obudu/Bekwara/Obanlikwu Federal Constituency, Hon. Legor Idagbo has been decorated as Patron of Likambende Club of Obudu and also given an award for Effective Representation of his Federal Constituency. The award which was presented to Hon. Idagbo by a delegation of the leadership of the organization in his office at
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The bill to create the Nigeria Soil Institute if passed by the 8th National Assembly will aid in Nigeria’s move from subsistence agricultural practices to large scale production says Cross River’s deputy governor Ivara Esu. Esu made this call in an interview with Radio Nigeria’s Zacheus Babalola on the
By Our Correspondent For the goodness of God in the life of the National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the All Progressive Congress, APC Mr. Hilliard Eta, members of the party in his Ward (Ward 5, Calabar Municipality) have organized a thanksgiving service in his honor. The service which held Sunday morning at the St. Charles
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs in Cross River State have been warned to put on their best armor as they come to defend the budget of their various MDAs which is to commence on Tuesday, 8th December, 2015 at the floor of Cross River State House
By Our Reporter Journalists in Cross River State have been reminded that their task as news writers has placed on them a huge duty as authors, organizers and decision makers without whom many stories may never be told. This reminder was given on Saturday at the continuing CrossRiverWatch capacity building trainings in Calabar, by Governor